Saturday, December 22, 2012

The Linguist’s Calendar: December 22

Franz Boas
December 22 

1845: The voice synthesizer Euphonium is demonstrated to the public in Philadelphia. Using reeds, bellows and chambers to simulate the anatomy of the human speech organs, it is said that it could produce 16 syllables.

1942: Franz Boas dies.

2000: Vietnam announces that eleven different minority languages will be broadcast on National Television in addition to Vietnamese.

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